Tomb Raider, the video game spin-off about an adventurous heiress with a penchant for small vests and mummy-ridden ruins, could be heading back to the big screen, reports Deadline.

Hollywood plans to reboot the film series, which currently consists of two movies from the early 2000s, both starring Angelina Jolie. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, from 2001, made $274m worldwide but the follow-up, 2003's Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, managed just $156m, signalling the death knell for the saga. Both films received short shrift from critics.

"We are very excited to be rebooting what is already a hugely successful film franchise and continuing the Tomb Raider phenomenon," said producer Graham King, who helped bring Martin Scorsese's The Departed and Ben Affleck's The Town to cinemas through his company, GK Films.

There have so far been 10 editions of the Tomb Raider game, which started in 1996, and the franchise is one of the two best-recognised brands in the video game industry, alongside Super Mario Brothers. More than 35m copies have been sold worldwide.

So far there has been no announcement from GK Films regarding cast or director for the proposed reboot, and a start date appears to be some way off. This is the second time Hollywood has tried to reboot the series – a 2009 attempt by Sherlock Holmes producer Dan Lin failed when the rights reverted to the copyright owner before production began.